Saint Anthony Abbot with Four Angels
painter
Niccolò di Pietro Gerini
(active 1368 - about 1415-1416)
Dateabout 1380
Place MadeFlorence, Tuscany, Italy, Europe
MediumTempera and gold on panel
Dimensions307.5 x 127.2 cm (121 1/16 x 50 1/16 in.)
ClassificationsPaintings
Credit LineIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Accession numberP15n9
eMuseum ID718641
EmbARK ObjectID10793
TMS Source ID61
Last Updated8/9/24
Status
Not on viewWeb CommentaryIsabella Stewart Gardner kept meticulous records of many of her acquisitions. In keeping with this legacy, object information is continually being reviewed, updated, and enriched in order to give greater access to the collection.
BibliographyNotesGalleria Sangiorgi. Grande Vente du Musée de la Noble Famille Guidi de Faenza... (Rome, 21-27 April 1902), pp. 13, lot 53, pl. 4. (as by Simone Martini)
Corrado Ricci. Mostra dell'antica arte senese. Catalogo generale illustrato. Exh. cat. (Siena, 1904), p. 363, no. 2720. (as Tuscan school, 14th century)
Osvald Sirén. Giottino und seine Stellung in der gleichzeitigen florentinischen Malerei (Leipzig, 1908), p. 89. (as by Jacopo di Cione)
Osvald Sirén. "Trecento Pictures in American Collections-II." The Burlington Magazine for Connoisseurs, vol. 14 (December 1908), p. 193, n4. (as by di Cione)
Catalogue. Fenway Court. (Boston, 1914 or later), p. 6. (as by Lorenzo di Niccolò)
Raimond van Marle. The Development of the Italian Schools of Painting, vol. 3 (The Hague, 1924), p. 627. (as a follower of Gerini)
Richard Offner. Studies in Florentine Painting: The Fourteenth Century (New York, 1927), pp. 89, 91, fig 7. (as by Gerini, 1392-1401)
Philip Hendy. Catalogue of Exhibited Paintings and Drawings (Boston, 1931), pp. 154-56, ill. (as by Gerini)
Gilbert Wendel Longstreet and Morris Carter. General Catalogue (Boston, 1935), p. 95. (as by Gerini)
Bernard Berenson. Italian Pictures of the Renaissance: Florentine School, vol. 1 (New York, 1963), p. 158. (as by Gerini)
Burton B. Fredericksen and Frederico Zeri. Census of Pre-Nineteenth Century Italian Paintings in North American Public Collections (Cambridge, 1972), p. 81. (attributed to Gerini)
Philip Hendy. European and American Paintings in the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum (Boston, 1974), pp. 298-100, ill. (as by Gerini)
Mikós Boskovits. Pittura Fiorentina alla vigilia del Rinascimento 1370-1400 (Florence, 1975), p. 404.
Everett Fahy. "On Lorenzo di Niccolò." Apollo, vol. 108 (December 1978), pp. 379-80, fig. 10. (as by Gerini, about 1380)
Howard Mayer Brown. Catalogus: A Corpus of Trecento Pictures with Musical Subject Matter, Part I, Installment 2 (Basel, 1985), pp. 206-07, no. 149. (as by Gerini, about 1375-1380)
Christopher S. Wood. "The votive scenario." Res (2011), p. 219, fig. 9. (as by Gerini, about 1380)
Corrado Ricci. Mostra dell'antica arte senese. Catalogo generale illustrato. Exh. cat. (Siena, 1904), p. 363, no. 2720. (as Tuscan school, 14th century)
Osvald Sirén. Giottino und seine Stellung in der gleichzeitigen florentinischen Malerei (Leipzig, 1908), p. 89. (as by Jacopo di Cione)
Osvald Sirén. "Trecento Pictures in American Collections-II." The Burlington Magazine for Connoisseurs, vol. 14 (December 1908), p. 193, n4. (as by di Cione)
Catalogue. Fenway Court. (Boston, 1914 or later), p. 6. (as by Lorenzo di Niccolò)
Raimond van Marle. The Development of the Italian Schools of Painting, vol. 3 (The Hague, 1924), p. 627. (as a follower of Gerini)
Richard Offner. Studies in Florentine Painting: The Fourteenth Century (New York, 1927), pp. 89, 91, fig 7. (as by Gerini, 1392-1401)
Philip Hendy. Catalogue of Exhibited Paintings and Drawings (Boston, 1931), pp. 154-56, ill. (as by Gerini)
Gilbert Wendel Longstreet and Morris Carter. General Catalogue (Boston, 1935), p. 95. (as by Gerini)
Bernard Berenson. Italian Pictures of the Renaissance: Florentine School, vol. 1 (New York, 1963), p. 158. (as by Gerini)
Burton B. Fredericksen and Frederico Zeri. Census of Pre-Nineteenth Century Italian Paintings in North American Public Collections (Cambridge, 1972), p. 81. (attributed to Gerini)
Philip Hendy. European and American Paintings in the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum (Boston, 1974), pp. 298-100, ill. (as by Gerini)
Mikós Boskovits. Pittura Fiorentina alla vigilia del Rinascimento 1370-1400 (Florence, 1975), p. 404.
Everett Fahy. "On Lorenzo di Niccolò." Apollo, vol. 108 (December 1978), pp. 379-80, fig. 10. (as by Gerini, about 1380)
Howard Mayer Brown. Catalogus: A Corpus of Trecento Pictures with Musical Subject Matter, Part I, Installment 2 (Basel, 1985), pp. 206-07, no. 149. (as by Gerini, about 1375-1380)
Christopher S. Wood. "The votive scenario." Res (2011), p. 219, fig. 9. (as by Gerini, about 1380)
MarksNotesInscribed (on the panel, verso, in chalk): 315
Inscribed (on the panel, verso, in brown ink): 338 / 335
Inccribed (on the panel towards the bottom, verso, in blue chalk): 13179
Inscribed (on a paper label affixed to the finial, verso): 2720
Inscribed (on the panel, verso, in brown ink): 338 / 335
Inccribed (on the panel towards the bottom, verso, in blue chalk): 13179
Inscribed (on a paper label affixed to the finial, verso): 2720
ProvenanceNotesCollection of the Guidi family, Faenza.
Offered at the sale of the Guidi collection by the Galleria Sangiorgi, Rome, 20-27 April 1902, lot 53. Unsold. (as Saint Anthony Abbot by Simone Martini)
Remained with the Galleria Sangiorgi, Rome, 1902-1906. (as Saint Anthony Abbot, Tuscan school)
Purchased by Isabella Stewart Gardner from the Galleria Sangiorgi, Rome for 10,000 lire on 20 October 1906. (as Saint Jerome by Andrea Orcagna)
Offered at the sale of the Guidi collection by the Galleria Sangiorgi, Rome, 20-27 April 1902, lot 53. Unsold. (as Saint Anthony Abbot by Simone Martini)
Remained with the Galleria Sangiorgi, Rome, 1902-1906. (as Saint Anthony Abbot, Tuscan school)
Purchased by Isabella Stewart Gardner from the Galleria Sangiorgi, Rome for 10,000 lire on 20 October 1906. (as Saint Jerome by Andrea Orcagna)